PRIME Minister Narendra Modi met BJP veterans L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi at their residences here on Friday, before staking claim to form the Government at the Centre for a third consecutive term. Modi visited Advani soon after being chosen as the leader of the NDA parliamentary party, leader of the BJP parliamentary party and leader of the BJP in the Lok Sabha. After meeting Advani, he went to the residence of Joshi, a former President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Subsequently, Modi also met former President Ram Nath Kovind. While the BJP has got 240 seats, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has got 293 seats and enjoys majority in the 543-member Lok Sabha.

 

Narendra Modi is likely to take oath as the Prime Minister for the third consecutive time on June 9, according to sources. According to the results announced by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday, the BJP won 240 seats and along with its allies, it stands at 293 seats. Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP and Nitish Kumar’s JDU, having won 16 and 12 seats respectively in their respective states, have extended support to the NDA. Meanwhile, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday congratulated Narendra Modi on being elected as the leader of the NDA Parliamentary Party. “On behalf of all the people of Uttarakhand, hearty congratulations and best wishes to the world’s most popular leader Shri @narendramodi ji on being elected as the leader of the NDA Parliamentary Party,” Dhami said in a post on X.

 

Both India’s self-respect and its respect on the global stage has increased unprecedentedly under Modi’s leadership over the last ten years, he said. Dhami said India is going to become the third strongest economy in the world in Modi’s third term. “Certainly, with your foresight, the country will move forward rapidly on the path of development and achieve the vision of a developed India,” he said. Dhami said Modi has also taken many revolutionary decisions in national interest, as a result of which the path has been paved for upliftment and empowerment of youth, women and the elderly.